Four people are dead and dozens injured after a stampede outside the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City ahead of a World Cup qualifier. Sources on the ground confirm the chaos erupted when a crush of fans surged towards a gate that had allegedly been locked to control capacity. Eyewitnesses describe a scene of panic as bodies piled up against the barriers.
UK security officials have now launched an urgent review of fan safety protocols ahead of the 2026 tournament, which will see matches held across North America including Mexico. The question remains: who authorised the locked gate? And why was there no contingency for a crowd that size?
Documents obtained by this newsroom show that local organisers had been warned about potential overcrowding days before the match. But warnings were ignored. The same pattern of negligence, the same bodies on the concrete.
This is not chaos. This is a failure of power.
